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Ah, the great art gallery owner John Wiley. No, I haven’t heard of him, either. Not before he sent me this message, anyway.

From: John Wiley (enriquezmary@aol.com)

Subject: Personal Assistant

Hello,

My Name is John Wiley,and I own an Art Gallery, This time of the year

is exceedingly a busy time for me,and I find myself constantly

travelling out of

the Country for exhibitions,auctions, deliveries et all as such I sort

the services of a Personal Assistant to handle my business errands.

I do not require that you resume to an office,leave your current

employment or levacuate your convenience.

I am looking for someone that can handle my business errands during

his or her spare time.

Here are a list of responsibilities that I would require you bear on my

behalf:

1. Receive my mail and drop them off at the post office or shipping

center.All expenses and shipping charges will be covered by me.

2. Pay bills on my behalf.I would be providing funds for this.

3. Sit for delivery at home or pick up items at a post office near you

at your convenience.

When you get my mail or receive packages on my behalf you are free to

open them to check contents in order to gurantee your safety and

security.

The contents of the my mail and the packages are specifically art

materials and paintings as well as personal letters. No heavy packages

are involved.

If you decide to accept this position or you are able to offer me any

of the responsibilities I have listed above, Please provide me with

the following details

Full Name:

Full Address:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Phone No:

Age:

Work Status:

EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:

A. Being honest and trustworthy.

B. Ability to 15 to 20 hours a month

C. Ability to check your EMAIL 3 to 5 times daily.

REMUNERATION:

$350 Weekly.

Please note that this job DOES NOT require any financial obligation of

any sort from you as I would be catering for all expenses.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

John Wiley

It seems innocent enough, right? It is just a part-time position and he’s going to cover all job-related expenses. And the salary is pretty decent. Why do I think this is a fake? For starters, the duties include shipping and receiving packages. He gives permission for you to open them and he’s going to pay all expenses. You might think that doesn’t sound bad, and it might not be. But why would a gallery owner have art shipped to an assistant instead of to his gallery? That smells funny.

Another red flag under job duties is that he’ll send you money to pay his bills. Is he sending business checks or a company card for paying said bills, or is he going to send the assistant a check for deposit into the assistant’s account for the assistant to write checks? Or does he want the assistant to wire cash to his creditors? This is pretty shady stuff and not worth talking to him for additional information. Especially when his email address does not include any variation of his name.

What do you think? Did you see the same red flags I did? Have you received this email?

On this position you will be responsible for helping with the overall management of a project or a specific aspect of larger project under the direction of the Head of the Project. May assist or lead, under the supervision of the project manager, any of the project management responsibilities including: proposal development, client management and project close out to ensure the goals, objectives, and standards of the project are adhered to and that the client’s expectations are met and exceeded.

Key Requirements:

– Over 3 years of Client service;– Over 2 years of Project Scheduling;– General understanding of transportation principles an asset;– Coordinate project plans across co-workers;– Excellent computer skills Xactimate*, DASH ;

So, which red flags caught your attention? Email from one person, directions to email a resume to a second person, and a third person’s name as the HR person does not ease my mind. Neither do the vague job description or task list. The salary level isn’t exactly consistent with the minimal experience level, either. A search for ATT Global Transportation Co. Inc. was a wash. These scammers decided to create a mashup of well-known companies in the attempt to throw the email recipient off guard. Jerks.

I’d rather keep looking than fall for this sort of thing. They either want your contact information or identity so they can make quick cash by selling it.

I write to seek your assistance for safe keeping of two military trunk boxes valuable that will be of great benefit to both of us,i will explain further when you respond to my direct Email: captcasey2012thoreen@r7.com

I would appreciate your urgent response.

Capt.Casey Thoreen ( US ARMY OFFICER CURRENTLY SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN)

It never ends! May is only 9 days old and the spam is rushing in like mad. Maybe the scammers are trying to take advantage of tax refunds or the ‘holy crap it’s summer’ rush for extra cash? Or maybe this is just the same old mass email and hope someone falls for it thing. Most likely that’s it.

James B. Comey (mflores@spyros.com.mx and nuno@telnet.com.br) wants to be sure I don’t trust just anyone when it comes to collecting my funds from overseas. He knows that imposters are afoot and needs me to recognize that he is legit – which he isn’t. He emailed me twice in one day, you know, in case I have multiple inheritances to collect. Because I’ve got it like that. Or something.

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Subject: STOP CONTACTING IMPOSTERS, CYBER WARNING

and

Dear Beneficiary, The Truth About Your Funds (Note: Yes, two subject lines within each message).

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division

J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC

JAMES B. COMEY,

Attention Beneficiary,

Records shows that you are among one of the individuals who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those of Lottery/Gambling, Contract and Inheritance. Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have noticed that you have been transacting with some impostors and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Prof. Soludo, Lamido Sanusi of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Frank, Anderson, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some impostors claiming to be The Federal Bureau of investigation.

The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (EFCC) on how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors. As a result of this, we hereby advise you to stop communication with any one not referred to you by us. We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment totaling $5,900,000.00(Five Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars). will be released to you via a custom pin based ATM card with a maximum withdrawal limit of $15,000 a day which is powered by Visa Card and can be used anywhere in the world where you see a Visa Card Logo on the Automated Teller Machine (ATM).

We guarantee receipt of your payment. This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make sure all debts owed to citizens of American and also Asia and Europe which includes Inheritance, Contract, Gambling/Lottery etc are been cleared. Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from Delivery Company website to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.

To redeem your funds, you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf which will cost you $285US only and nothing more as everything else has been taken care of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $285.00 only. (Note: And you’ll never see that $285 or any funds supposedly coming your way. This is designed to steal at least this much from you).

Do contact Mrs. lillian Prey of the ATM Card Center via his contact details above and furnish him with your details as listed below:

FULL NAMES: __________________________________

DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD: __________________

SEX: _______________

DATE OF BIRTH: __________________

OCCUPATION: __________________

TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________

EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________

On contacting him with your details your file would be updated and he will be sending you the payment information in which you will use in making payment of $285.00 via Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement of your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order, after which the delivery of your ATM card will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay, No extra fee.

JAMES B. COMEY ,

DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

UNITED STATES IN COLABORATION WITH THE

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM card, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with Mr. Tony Micheal the Director of the ATM card center who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your payment and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we could act upon it immediately. Help stop cyber crime. (Note: Yes, help stop cyber crime. Don’t fall for this crap.)

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So many lies, so little time. Report this message as spam and fraud to your email provider. Don’t believe it, ever.

Mystery shopping, again. The reason scammers use this one so often is because there is a little truth in it. There are mystery shopping gigs, but they don’t pay as handsomely as the scammers suggest. You might get the overage or a bonus if the shop is urgent, but #$200 per gig? Nope.

Mystery Shopper (alert@rbs.com) sent me this invitation to apply for a shopping gig and gave several clues to its fraudulent nature.

Subject: MYSTERY SECRET SHOPPER

Congratulations,

We are accepting applications from qualified individuals from all-over theworld to become Secret-Shopper. There is no charge to become a shopper and you do not need previous experience.

After you sign up, you will have access to training materials from us. Should you interested, your wages would be US $200 per assignment. No commitment is made on this job and you would have flexible hours. At least 2 evaluations a week will be assigned to you because this is a part time job and we think this job suits you. We will provide you the money for all of your evaluations.

Money order/Payment check would be in a certain amount which you would be required to Cash at your Bank, then deduct your salary and have the rest used for the evaluation at the store that would be given to you for evaluations.

Provide the following information if you interested and we will get backshortly with an your assignment.

Name (First,Last): Email: Address: City,State,Zip Code: Phone Number:

We are waiting your good response, Thank you.

(Candidate from USA & Europe are allowed to apply for this offer)

Regards, James Morgan Head of Recruitment SS-Network @2014

See that tidbit about cashing a check and deducting your salary? Yeah, that’s the scam. You cash a fraudulent check and you end up on the hook. If the names James Morgan and SS-Network seem familiar, it’s because they are. Once again, this Head of Recruitment is trying to steal from whoever falls for this.

It’s been a while, eh? Holiday season, last few weeks of school, pain, and projects are harshing my mellow. But no fear, I’m getting things back under control and will be back with you regularly starting now.

People ask me about what I do from home, so I figured I’d share with a little more detail. First up. food and freelancing.

I love food. I love eating, cooking, reading about, and playing with food. I collect cookbooks and menus. I love finding new twists on favorite recipes. I love seeing the look on a loved one’s face when they enjoy something I prepared for them.

I wanted to find a way to do what I love and make money with it. While searching for a new telecommuting position, I stumbled across a listing for Examiner.com. I always wanted to write, so I decided to take the plunge. After all, I had nothing to lose. They liked me, so I became Charleston SC’s Vegetarian Examiner. I get to play with food more and write about it,

Chickpea Burgers from Grilling Vegan Style. Loved them and so did the omni hubby.

If you want to try your hand at writing, consider becoming an Examiner, too.

Finding my passion and finding a way to make it part of how I make my living was important to me. It’s standard advice for those looking for the right business. Or anyone looking for peace. Find your bliss and embrace it.

Now I really feel special. Mr. Hamidul Haque wrote me twice this week because he wants to be my business partner. I am just giddy!

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Subject: Request for Partnership

From: Mr,. Hamidul Haque

Re; Request for Partnership.

I am aware of the unsafe nature of the internet; but due to the prevailing circumstances I don’t have any other option than to seek for partnership through this medium.

(Note: “I know the interwebs are kind of dicey, but I have no choice but to seek you out using said interwebs.” Yeah, right. Whatever. )

Permit me, My Name is Mr Hamidul Haque, Managing partner with M;s/S &H Corporation in Bangladesh
I am searching for a foreign partner who will partner with me in the completion of a Multimillion Dollar transaction.
This transaction has to do with the Asian Development Bank Financed Natural Gas Assess Improvement Project;

The transaction is 100% risk free, financially profitable and economically viable.
I am open for negotiation.
All arrangements will be made under a legitimate framework.

(Note: “Trust me! This is real! I swear!”)

Full details will be disclosed to you on your expression of interest
I look forward to doing good business with you.
Warmest Regards

Mr Hamidul Haque

hamidulh13@yahoo.co.jp (Note: Notice the difference in the sent from and reply to email addresses?)

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Just in case I missed or accidentally deleted this email, Mr. Haque sent it again a few days later, complete with a new email address, hamidulh12@yahoo.co.jp.

No, not happening. This is another twist on the money transfer or check cashing scam. They send a check that I’m supposed to deposit. I keep a percentage of the amount for my trouble and send them the balance in cash. By the time the bank receives notification of the bad check, the partner is long gone, leaving me to deal with the overdrafts.

5:50 – 6:30 am make breakfast and lunch for man and boy, kick them out for the day

6:30 – 7:30 am shower, breakfast, coffee

7:30 am – noon work

noon- 1 pm lunch

1-2 pm exercise break

2-4 pm work

After 4, unless I’m swamped or distracted, I play around online for me. Pinterest, blogs, shopping for free e-books, finding recipes, clean, or whatever. I start on dinner around 5-5:30 pm and from then on it’s family time.

I take stretch breaks while at my desk (because I pay dearly when I don’t) and am interrupted by dogs, the girl, package deliveries, and the occasional random visit.

On that note, don’t drop by without giving me a call first. It makes me a little cranky.

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About the WAHM in question

I'm the married wahm of two, 46, insomniac, home biz owner, soapmaker, vegan, slave to my dogs, and an anime-lover.
My day job and my business are both home-based, and I've been telecommuting in general since 2000. As tempted as I am at times, I don't see ever going back to work outside of home...unless the dream job calls.
To learn more about what this veggie mama does, visit Charleston's Vegetarian Examiner.
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